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greater good once again. you're not going to want to miss that. we're here every saturday, 1:00 p.m. eastern and sunday at 3:00 p.m. make sure to check out my book with christine romans, "how to speak money," a step-by-step guide to understanding the language of money with everything you need. stay connected to us 24/7 on twitter. @cnn "your money" and, yes, i read every single tweet. have a great weekend. you're in the "cnn newsroom" where the news unfolds live this saturday, april 7th. i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin with two big stories. a series of deadly shoot nings oklahoma could be connected. plus, dramatic new images from a navy plane crash in virginia beach, plus the latest on the investigation. first, the crash of that
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navy fighter jet in virginia. the good news today is that every single person is accounted for. moments ago the navy called this a miracle. when you look at the damage done after the f-18 hornist slammed into an apartment complex in virginia beach and burst into flames, you can see why the word miracle is being used. so much damage. it took until today for rescue crews to vouch for everyone on the ground. crews had to go door to door. >> yes. >> okay. >> police. anyone in here, get out! >> let's bring in cnn sandra endo in virginia beach. you just came from that news briefing, the officials said they were pleased that they were able to work so cohesively together, and in the end, no one was killed. remarkable, from that crash. >> reporter: yes. absolutely, fredricka. the mayor of virginia beach and
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also the governor of virginia releasing a statement calling this an easter miracle. you mentioned, there were no fatalities and everyone has been accounted for, despite the fiery jet crash, into five apartment buildings here, off the coast of virginia. just two miles from the air strip where that jet took off. now, we have brand new video taken six minutes after the crash, as you mentioned. some of that video showing first responders going door to door, checking for residents. also that video is showing the flames shooting of you out of the building. also billowing clouds of smoke going up into the sky. that video also shows the parachute dangling off the side of one of the buildings and the pilot being treated by first responders as well. now, search and rescue phase is over. authorities here are saying it's going to go into the investigative phase, and navy officials say they want more answers as to how this all happened in the first place.
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>> you know, the investigation has just got under way, and so what we've done here is control the site. we're now going to start moving in, now that the city has gotten the whole site under complete control. we're going to come in, parallel activity and work our way from the outside in, gathering all the parts, examining the parts. we will take all of those parts and put them into what is hangar 23 over at oceana and lay them all out and start doing the detailed examination what we mind to, looking at tape, listening to the tape, data recorders from the aircraft. it's going to take weeks to put this all together. >> reporter: it will take weeks. navy officials call it a catastrophic mechanical malfunction. they're calling if a miracle that everyone survived t. sun believable. how about for the many residents now displaced? what's going on with them?
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where are they? >> reporter: we know dozensly s shelter. a lot of people were out for the holiday weekend, going to family member homes, and this community is heavily military. they've banded together helping each other and have come together in this time of need trying to get people to where they need. also get back into their homes to get belongings and medication. so clearly, everyone is trying to help each other over this holiday weekend. and i should say that seven people were injured because of the crash. six have been treated and released from the hospital. one pilot is still in the hospital, but in good condition, fredricka. >> sandra endo. thanks so much from virginia beach. now to oklahoma where the fbi and federal marshals joined in the hunt for a american who shot three people. three died from injuries. the shootings may have been hate crimes since all the victims
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were black and the shooter is described as white man. investigators are trying to determine a link between the victims which range in age from 31 to 54. an update on the manhunt from tulsa. the mayor joins us on the phone. mr. mayor, how is that search going? >> caller: well, they're working very, very hard. we've had at least 40 police cars, cruising around the neighborhoods, that are affected, going literally door to door and asking people if they've seen anything. their opinions and observations, what they are. a 25-person task force put together to bring this to an end. bring it to a conclusion quickly. we have the fbi and u.s. marshals office alerted and advising us as well. it's an event unprecedented in our history and one that is
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very, very serious. we want to bring it to an end shortly. >> this happened around 1:00 a.m. is there a common denominator you're seeing or hearing? >> the only thing, the randomness of it. these are generally older -- older adults. they're -- they were in a, about a two or three-mile radius of neighborhoods. the one good thing is that it's -- affected neighborhoods have really come together. we've asked them many times to call the police department with tips, with any observations, any ideas, to keep their eyes and lookout for a white pickup truck, for example, and call police if they see anything. the community is very aware of the seriousness of this terrible event and we want to bring it to a conclusion quickly. >> a white pickup truck is one
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item to look for. any other information you're disseminating to the public, clue what's this gunman looked like and is it, indeed, one suspected gunman? >> so far what we're looking for is any white male, but we don't know if anyone else is involvin. we think they were just passing through. when we get the word out to the tulsa community, they need to be very observant, and if they see a white pickup with somebody that might be acting funny, strange, if the pickup truck used to be outside, now are suddenly parking it indoors for some reason, to be aware, and don't feel funny about calling police. that could be a clue to bring this to an end. >> okay. earlier when i spoke with a police captain, jonathan brooks, he talked about some of the victims were just pedestrians.
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take a listen to my conversation earlier. >> it appears that all the victims were just out walking or out in the yard at this hour. and this is a residential neighborhood predominantly single family dwellings in that area. except the last victim was found at a business. >> all right. so this is easter weekend, as you mentioned, mr. mayor. you know, a lot of families together. is this in any way, you know, kind of changing people's behavior, that there's so little to know about this suspected shoot are er on the loose? >> well, it's a type of activity that i believe is very random, obviously, but it should be concerning to all tulsans, because we are all in this together and we understand that some of our fellow tulsans have been very violently shot and several are not here today to enjoy the weekend with their families.
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so we understand the significance of what happened. we understand that we need to come together as a community to inform the police, to bring -- to bring information to them so they can do their job, and hopefully sunday, early next week, this is all over with, and the people are put behind bars where they deserve to be. >> thank you. tulsa mayor dewey bartlett, for your time. >> thank you very much. and now for some other stories we're following -- a witness in the trayvon martin shooting claims she heard the scuffle between shooter george zimmerman and martin before the teen was shot. she heard cries for help and then this. >> it was kind of almost like a yelp. it was like a devastating desperate type of yell for help and even to the sense, even could have been possibly a cry. the lead investigator said to me kindly, he just said, well if it makes you feel any better, the person that was yelling for help
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is alive. i really thought it was the boy crying for help, but here's the lead investigator telling me that, no, it was mr. zimmerman. >> so you heard there, she says, the police told her zimmerman was crying for help, but she thought it was trayvon martin. george zimmerman's attorneys dispute these details and joining me tomorrow 2:30 eastern time right here in the "newsroom." more embarrassment for a government agency already in trouble with congress. the huffington post released videos of skits and games played by members of the general services administration add a conference in las vegas. they make jokes and sing songs about government waste, out of control spending. your tax dollars paid the almost $1 million cost of the conference that includes a half million dollars for ipods and other gifts for government employees. the head the gsa resigned a few days ago and the agency is now under congressional investigation. and his paintings are in
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millions of american homes. painter thomas kinkade has died. he was known among art collectors as the painter of light. the kinkade family says he died at his home in california late yesterday. they talked with larry king back in 2006. >> i was a young boy, my mother told me, your talents are god's gifts to you, and what you do with those talents are your gift to god. so from the very first print i of published, i began raising money for charities. >> thomas kinkade's family says she die of natural causes. he was just 54 years old. it is round tleen at the masters, and this guy, fred couples, has been in the lead so far. at the tournament. and get this, he is 52 years old. couple's last won the masters 20 years ago. coming up, we'll led to augusta for a live update on the masters and find out why the biggest controversial is happening away from the action on the course.
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star player was playing like a guy. might want to bring in christine brennan, sports columnist with "usa today" and is at the masters today. at augusta. weather is gorgeous. >> reporter: nice to be with you. >> i don't believe it. they time it. may have some special little crystal ball. let's talk about the masters first. you know, let's play a short clip from an interview that i did with an author, martha burke, a little earlier, stam d staged a number of protests over the policy and says ibm has really missed an tune this go-round. not necessarily the ceo. >> i think we should be hearing from ibm's board of directors, and they should be stepping up to say, our ceo is now female. she is certainly equal to any male ceo we've had in the past, and if you, augusta national,
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want our sponsorship dollars, we want respect for our new ceo. i don't think it needs to be put on her. >> all right. she's talking about virginia rometty. the new ceo of ibm. has there been much discussion than there on the greens or are they just focusing on the players at hand? >> reporter: you know, billie king's press conference an monday, a lot of discussion about it. i've been following this story from '99 when i first came to augusta national and raised my hand towards the end of the press conference. at that time hootie johnson and asked right out of journalism 101, do you have any women members? that's a club matter, those are private. i wrote a column in "usa today" talking about it's absolutely unacceptable to discriminate against african-american men anymore in golf but fine to discriminate against women. martha burke, i did not know,
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read my column and started on a very correct protest against augusta national. the difference now, it's not an outsider like me or martha burke, but it is one of their own. ginni romety, ceo of gm. do they want to discriminate against one of their own in 2012? and it's a fascinating conversation. >> why are they treating this differently, when blacks weren't admitted and now extended membership. why is it different when the argument comes to female membership? >> reporter: they're not saying. that's the fallback position here at augusta always, a private club and all club matters of private. billy said that several times. it shows the change in the nine years since '02 and '03, but i think that, yeah, they're going to have have to deal with this. i think the nation, fred, got a wonderful window into the world of what's going on down here.
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i know people are saying it's a private club. they can do what they want. well, for one week a year it become as public face of golf, and it brings in tens of millions of dollars in public money, corporate money, corporations that couldn't be allowed for one second to have the kind of policy that augusta has here. and i think that's why probably when they it start to invite members for this year in june or july, i think that ginni romety may well be offered a member sthop augusta. >> talk golf on the green there. fred couples, been doing very well. of course, i still see tiger woods coming ufr his own arnold palmer win. what is happening today? how's it looking in round three? >> reporter: well, the big news is that tiger woods is not making any news. he's not making a move. when i came out to do this interview with you he was still at 3 over par, two birdies, two bogeys. not playing well. dropped another club. his behavior is abysmal.
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clearly his game not back, but his temper is. tiger is really i think, distinguishing himself here for how unfortunate his behavior is. but the good news, there, the leaderboard is terrific. it is probably the best leaderboard we've seen in a long time. they're all just teeing off, still the leaders. watch for roy mcelroy today. serm a couple others, sergio garcia, a name everyone knows. fascinating to see if freddy couples, 52, it hang on. >> going to the hard court and ncaa women's games, congrat, of course to baylor and one of the big all-time stars, brittney griner. notre dame, are we looking at them being poor sports? the coach apparently had some unflattering things to say about griner saying she's playing like a guy. in some circles on the court, that's not a bad thing to say, but in this case, apparently, it is being interpreted as something as less than a compliment. what's going on here?
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>> reporter: i was in the press conference with muffet mcgraw who said griner plays like a guy among women. she meant it as a compliment. the coach took it as a compliment. that's baylor's coach, and brittney griner took it as a complicate, but the reality is, because griner is 6'8" range harks a deep voice, that's an unfortunate ill-advised comment for the rival coach to make. >> all right. lots of stars on that baylor team. it's been amazing and, of course, everyone will be watching to see if she goes off to the wnba, or other things on the horizon for her. maybe at another date we'll talk about that, christine. >> reporter: i look forward to it, fred. thank you. >> enjoy the masters and beautiful weather, as usual. thanks so much, christine brennan of "usa today." >> reporter: you bet. he is 49 years old and a starting pitcher for the colorado rockies, but this isn't his first time on the diamond, and if he wins tonight, he could go into the history books. a look at jamie moyer, next. and the keystone pipeline
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now for other stories making headlines today. president obama make as special introduction for the film "to kill a mockingbird" on television tonight. the movie classic now 50 years old played at the white house earlier in the week. the president pre-taped an intro to the movie which airs on usa at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. and when we say this car flies, we don't mean it's just fast on the road. it literally flies, you can see
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there. it's called the transition. it's one of many cars on display at the new york international auto show, which began this week. testing is not complete on the transition, but may be available for purchase next year. sticker price, better have deep pockets. right now about $280,000. and meet the starting pitcher for the colorado rockies. he is a 49-year-old. or years young. jamie moyer. baseball's ageless wonder started playing in the major leagues 25 years ago. his first game pitching for the rockies is tonight. all right. one man going state-by-state to help people without medical insurance get pre-health care. how a cnn hero is making a big difference, one person at a time. >> all right. thank you. take care of these numbers. they represent several hundred dollars worth of medical care. >> the first people arrived
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top stories, more than 120 people reported killed in fighting in syria. most in the city of hama and homs. according to casualties being kept there. a united states cease-fire deadline, promises to have all troops and tanks out of residential areas by tuesday. a woman is president of a country in southern africa. for the first time of, joyce banda was sworn in as president today in malawi. following the sudden death of her predecessor.
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banda was malawi's vice president elected three years ago. al qaeda is vowing to return to new york. it's posted on a website and definitely has the attention of the nypd and fbi, but who's behind it? mary snow reports. >> reporter: at first glance it could be mistaken for a movie ad. "al qaeda coming soon again in new york." the message is on a website known to the new york city police department who say is used by terrorists and jihadists. officials have no evidence it's tied to any specific threat to new york, but the website is being analyzed by the fbi and the nypd. is this significant at all? >> shays major forum. it's been in existence for a while used for inspiration, but also can be used for operational messages. it exists in several different languages, and, you know, it's been a concern of ours for a while. >> reporter: new york city
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police commissioner ray kelly says analysts believe it's connected to an egyptian national based on the language usedkelly was struck by the level of sophistication of the graphic and the expensive software used to create it, but what if there's an incredible threat? he is skeptical. >> is it associated with any real plot? that seems to be not clear at all, and my guess is that there's nothing really to this. you know -- if there was a real attack about to happen on new york, my guess is al qaeda wouldn't afterwards it on a website. >> reporter: this isn't the first time threatening messages appeared on jihadi sites. federal authorities and the police department say any threat must be taken seriously. >> and you know, it's sort of in your face, and we've seen that before, but, you know it is sort of direct confrontation, that, trying to get our attention. believe me they have our attention. >> reporter: but the posting didn't seem to face new yorkers
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who've become accustomed to terror threats. >> propaganda. >> it is what it is. >> you have to live your life. can't be worried. go about your everyday business. >> reporter: the police commissioner describes the internet as the new afghanistan used for radicalism and training. that's why the sites are closely monitors. mary snoeshw, cnn. just propaganda? should they be concerned? the possible threat, next. man: okay, no problem. it's easy to get started; i can help you with the paperwork. um...this green line just appeared on my floor. yeah, that's fidelity helping you reach your financial goals. could you hold on a second? it's your money. roll over your old 401(k) into a fidelity ira and take control of your personal economy. this is going to be helpful. call or come in today. fidelity investments. turn here.
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al qaeda coming soon again in new york? a website says that. the new york police department says it's used by terrorists and jihadists. should we take this as a serious threat or just a recruitment tool. joined by former fbi agent ali sufan. good to see you. >> good to see you, fredricka.
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>> do you believe this? do you think it's real credible? >> well, i honestly don't see a threat. if al qaeda wanted to do something in new york, they're not going to send a postcard or put up a poster. this is just a recruiting tool posted on a website. we can call it al qaeda-related wqaeda-related -- a kaeda-related website but not al qaeda. the websites were shut down because they sustained a major attack. that appears to be just propaganda, recruiting tool by sympathizers who appear to be pro--qaeda. >> wannabes? no one seriously involved with the al qaeda network? >> well it does not appear so. it seems that the government and the fbi cannot find any specific threat in new york. now, this should be taken as a reminder that there are a lot of people out there. they would like nothing to do more than do terrorism in the
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united states, create chaos. kill people here and especially do a terrorism attack in new york, because it's symbolic. to do anything in new york. however, we know that the intent is there. do they have the capability of doing something like this? that's a totally different story. >> so you say this really is kind of like a reminder? n.y.p.d., national security very much aware of the potential threats coming from al qaeda, but something like this, whether it be kind of a credible website or something created by one i d- one in a want to bes, does it do anything? >> i'm sure nypd, fbi, homeland security, work day and night to prevent al qaeda from doing something like this in new york. or any other place, in the
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united states. and that's why we did not have any attack inside the united states since 9/11. i think we deprived al qaeda from many of their capabilities, and al qaeda that hit us on 9/11 basically morphed itself into regional groups successfully working in, like, north africa, the horn of africa, yemen -- in the horn of africa, not africa. i think the members of the intelligence community, the nypd will continue to do what they do best in monitoring the situation, monitoring the threats, and if there is something big coming, i think, and i truly hope that it will be interrupted in advance. if al qaeda had the capability of doing something in new york, believe me, they could have done it by now. >> ali, former fbi agent. thanks so much for your time, coming us to from new york. >> thank you, fredricka. have a nice weekend. >> you, too. in more than a week your
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federal income taxes are due. i know the bearer of bad news. straight ahead, simple mistakes you want to avoid. ts will revere the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space. which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd, and you still need to retire. td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600 when you open a new account or roll over an old 401(k). so who's in control now, mayans?
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mistakes you want to avoid. good to see you. >> it's good to see you, but this is really nice, fred. here it is seder dinners, easter baskets, big meals and i'm talking taxes. >> you and i both talking taxes. oh, well. we'll try to add flavor to it and make it a little bit more appetizing. >> okay. >> start with why you need to, number one, use a calculator so you can avoid the math errors. that's the number one thing what gets people in trouble, right? math errors? >> it is absolutely math errors, and the interesting thing is, if you use one of these computer programs, like turbo tax do to it, there's still math errors because oftentimes people input the numbers in the wrong order. so like anything in life with a computer, garbage in, produces garbage out. and it's still one of the biggest -- the biggest problems that the irs says face taxpayers when they have a problem with the return. >> yeah.
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and number, are so important on those returns. you've got to get it right. another place which you can get it wrong and it will get you in trouble. beginning with your tax i.d. number, personal numbers. people sometimes make errors there, too? >> yes, they do. they make mistakes inverting numbers in their social security number. or in a taxpayer i.d. number for a small business. or worse yet, they forget to put the social security numbers down of dependents or maybe the joint filer on the return. so all of that will make it null and void and it will -- they'll send it back to you and you're starting from zero again. >> all right. check, check and double, or triple check, your w-2 forms included, mortgage, interest forms, all of that. what do you do with them? >> exactly. because a lot of those paperwork, particularly brokerage firms this year, if you sold any stocks and mutual funds and had capital gains, there's a totally different way of accounting for capital gains, and a lot of the firms had trouble getting the right mix
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and getting the right number, and those -- but those forms for filing might have been late. you've got to have all of those documents, because they do go to the irs, and if it's missing from your return, the irs does match up the 1099s and the w-2s and all the other recording against what you're showing on your form, and that will also bounce it right back to you with problems. >> of course if you're getting a refund, a lot of people want it quickly. so they give their, you know, check, deposit number, et cetera. then if you don't get it right, you're not going to see that money. >> yeah. if you have a problem delineating what the routing number of the bank is versus your account number, stop into your bank and have them put a line through the two sets of numbers so that you know which is which so you can send it on to the irs properly. otherwise, you'll be waiting a long time before you see that refund, if those numbers are incorrect, but i do recommend that do you that direct deposit
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into the bank. >> these all seem like silly mistakes but people make them all the tile. it's important to re-emphasize. last, not least, don't forget to sign and date that return, because they want to know it's you, that you've authorizes it and all that good stuff. daria dolan, thank you so much. >> and if you're joint file, both sign ng. >> exactly. get back to the seder dinner, easter festivities, et cetera's we'll catch you on the flip side. >> going to look for chocolate eggs. >> all right. that sounds good. think of me when you get one. okay? all right. daria, thank you. >> will do. for helpful tax tips and to sign up for the dolans free newsletter, visit dolans on your money dotcom. more than ten years after its debut, well-known american classmates are back. and the start of the movie, the star, jason biggs, spoke with cnn. >> this is great. this feels like the first movie.
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>> all right. does our movie critic also think "american reunion" is a hit? a look at this weekend's box office films, next. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. so why exactly should that be of any interest to you? well, in that time there've been some good days.
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the controversial documentary now has a pg-13 rating. initially rated r by the motion picture association of america because of multiple uses of the f word and other profanities. the makers of the movie resisted the r rating, releasing the film in a small number of theaters with no rating at all. now the weinstein company has edited the movie cutting some of the curse words out. here's part of what the rating's
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board said about its new pg-13 rating saying "the weinstein company decided to resubmit a new edited version of "bully" to be rated, and the rating board gave this new verse of the film a pg-13 rating for intense grammatic material, disturbing content and strong language all involving kids." that from the movie picture association. so the edited verse of "bully" opens in theaters nationwide april 13th. our movie critic from fandango.com is here to talk about "bully." it appears as though everyone got their way. the moviemakers get to keep the original content and have the other, the unedited version, and then the other modification for the pg-13. so many more people will get a chance to see it. that was the objective for those moviemakers. let's look at a quick clip and then i'm going to have your opinion on the other end. >> two people to a seat
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[ bleep ]. >> yeah. >> two people to a seat. there's two people already here! >> sit down. >> yeah. sit down. >> great. >> they poke me in the jaw, strangle me. >> all right. very tough, that one child's account of what he goes through all time or had been going through at the time of that filming. so very real in your view? what was your opinion? >> this movie is shockingly realistic. i mean, just the thought that this is actually happening is horrendous to me. that is such a tiny slice of an entire film filled with terrifying visuals of kids in today's schools, because i mean, we all know that kids can be horrible when they are growing up, but this just takes it to a whole new level, and i think that part of the horror of the film is how helpless everyone is
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against it. even the people who are in charge of our children, who are, you know, their responsibilities to present them in the film, you see them talking about how they can't do anything about it. they refuse to. they just chock it up to kids being kids, and this movie had me in tears over how brutal these kids' lives are, and i'm glad that they have released the pg-13 version to give people more accessibility to it. i don't think that the affectefe film will be changed after just editing language because it's such a powerful expression of this, the terror of these kids' lives. i mean, it's -- >> and you gave it a grade, just as you do other movies that you review for us, and what is your grade? there we see it. >> i gave this movie a b. because although it does an amazing job of showing all of these kids and talking to their
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families, it doesn't show any bullies. they don't talk to any of those kids, or those kids' parents, and so it was a little bit limited in that respect, but it didn't change the power of the film. i think everybody should see this movie. especially if you have children, and also especially if you are an administrator, because something has to be done, and this movie's a really good rallying cry for us to change the way that we are. >> okay. so from reality to a different kind of reality in some circles. let's talk about "american reunion." quick clip of what is the sequel? right? >> uh-huh. >> there's a smoking hot 18-year-old girl over there that used to baby-sit, and you're not going to do anything about that? >> need i remind thaw i am married to michelle? >> exactly. dude, you can take what you learned from her, bring it home, and apply it to michelle. you do care about your marriage, don't you, jim? >> what are you talking about?
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stifler, i'm not going to cheat on my wife. i'm a father. >> yeah. that's perfect. >> "american pie" kind of grown up. right? >> yeah. kind of. that's -- let me break it down for you. >> it wouldn't be fun if it was totally grown up. >> you know what? the first two movies qualify as fun. this movie qualifies as sad and pathetic at every single turn. i've got to tell you, this movie is like -- a person that you dated over the summer, and never thought about them again until they showed up on your doorstep 13 years later talking about what an amazing section you had. in other words, you don't want to see them. you couldn't care less that they existed. this movie -- everybody's favorite pie molesters are showing up to their ten-year reunion 13 years later. so if their math is any indication how good this movie
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is, i'll leave it at that. >> i get it. your grade, then? >> they realize they peaked in high school, fredricka nap is so sad. it was so horrible to watch, and at every single point that i gave this movie and f, except eugene levy deserves -- he deserves everyone in america's thanks for making this movie tolerable. i desperately hope that america will not go see this film and encourage them to make anymore pictures. they should have kept this straight to the dvd and there was launching into. i could go on. >> we're out of time. i'm sure the moviemakers of that film are glad you're not going to go on. a harsh grade. calming it like you see it at all times. appreciate it. you can always watch her reviews at fandango and movies.com. you see how technology solved the crime on tv shows lice csi and others, how
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shmight nid s schneider? >> rain yesterday, but the forecast, fredricka, looks beautiful. i think this is one of the best times of year in georgia. >> it is. >> you can see lots of sunshine. it grat gradually gets warmer. temperatures in the 50s. today, the rest of country not perfect. an area we're watching for severe weather in the southern plains into texas and oklahoma. an area we could see isolated tornadoes. not numerous but something to keep in mind. damaging wind and large hail. already seeing thunderstorms fire up in tulsa, into springfield and southwest missouri. today i'd have the umbrella handy and take cover if a storm warning is issued for your county. another weather threat is fire danger. gusting winds across much of the center of country, and right here in the northeast, including new york, into philadelphia. windy and dry weather, warm temperatures. so something we're keeping a close watch on as well, and coming up later i'll talk about your weather for easter sunday. >> looking forward to that. thanks, bonnie.
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new technology helps us prohibit the weather and an outcome of an election year better. what about predicting crime? rick baldwin uncovers the future's policing. >> reporter: in the movie "minority report" actor tom cruise tracks down would-be criminals in the year 2054. >> blue and white. >> reporter: police in santa cruz, california, are turning sci-fi into reality. they're using a rhythm, a complicated math equation to predict crimes before they happen. >> people tend to burglarize the same area more than once. even during the same types of times of day or the same days of the week. >> reporter: the program generates ten hot spot maps each day letting officers know when and where a crime is likely to occur. >> 60% likelihood of a residential burglary in this area we're going to go to now. >> reporter: with police departments facing budget cuts across the country, this system giving them another tool.